We have a level system in place for mankind.

After staying overnight in a makeshift dwelling, Schultz and his team flew to Yashiro. Palm is a city of about five hundred thousand inhabitants. In Japan, it would be the size of a city designated by Cabinet Order or a core city.

Yashiro doesn't have skyscrapers. Since there is a large area of land, I did not think that it was necessary to build high-rise buildings, but the fact that I could not use building materials and construction machines was also the reason why I did not build high-rise buildings.

The city has lots of greenery, and there are lots of large parks and woods. Each building has a lot of two-story houses, and the tall buildings are about four stories.

It's a beautiful city, isn't it?

Director Schultz looks at Yashiro and gives his impression.

"Yes, it was the first town built by the Japanese on land in a vast food area."

Yashiro is a well-planned city, so the landscape is spectacular.

Misaki guided Director Schultz and the others to Yashiro's hotel. While relaxing in the hotel room, Director Schultz looked out the window and noticed a train running through the city.

Well, it looks like each house has grown, but it looks like a Japanese city.

There are a few cars on the road. Electric cars were running in the American food district, but it was only a government car.

Electric cars could not be supplied enough for civilians to use, and there was not enough electricity. The civilians have no choice but to bring the horses into the food area and use them.

In the United States, as in the western era, there was an increase in heinous crimes. Coins in circulation have returned to gold, silver, and copper, increasing the number of crimes aimed at them.

In the original United States, there was a sharp decrease in cashless robberies aimed at cash, but it seems that the social situation became worse when it became a cash payment society.

On the other hand, since Japanese society originally had a low crime rate, crime has not increased. Those who couldn't fit into the gritty society found their place by becoming Explorers and fighting alien beasts.

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I waited at the Thunderstone Generating Station to greet Director Schultz and the others.

Mr. Mogi, I heard that the Red Thunderstone Power Plant was your idea, is it true?

“It's not an idea, it's a skill.”

"Skill? Is that a knowledge skill like" Foreign Beast Knowledge Elementary "?"

“Yes, we have studied that knowledge and have been able to generate red lightning stones.”

Director Schultz's eyes shone. Many people in the United States prioritized the acquisition of battle-ready skills over the acquisition of knowledge skills. There's no use being in a situation where there are alien beasts wandering around.

"I see, knowledge skills." I've heard good things. "

I led the way inside the lab.

I'm going to show you an experiment that removes electricity from a red lightning stone.

In the lab, Director Schultz looks at the red thunderstone floating in a clear acrylic container. in order to observe it in close proximity.

“What's the liquid in this container?”

“It contains electrolyte and catalyst. When I'm exposed to ultraviolet light here, it generates electricity and turns the fan around.”

One of the technicians brings an ultraviolet light and pours the ultraviolet light into the red lightning stone in the container. Then, an electric shock is generated and a fan connected to the conductor starts to turn.

"Oh, it went around. I see, it's true that electricity is going to be generated." But the amount of generation is important. "

A red lightning stone, like a square centimeter of sugar, can generate electricity for an average household for a month, he said.

When he heard that, Director Schultz's face grew stronger.

"Isn't that energy like nuclear energy?" Could you make a bomb from a red thunderstone? "

“Now, based on our research so far, there's nothing we can do to make a bomb.”

“That makes it an ideal source of energy.”

“I don't know if it's ideal, but we think it's a safe and efficient source of energy.”

Then we negotiated in one of the labs. Instead of handing over 300 tons of red thunderstone each month to the United States, we offered to hand over ownership of Australian coal deposits and mineral sand mines to Japan.

Instead of relocating Australians to American food areas, the United States is acquiring Australian resources. He demanded part of it.

Incidentally, mineral sand is a useful rare metal resource containing ilmenite and zircon, and there are many metals such as iron and titanium.

Having heard the terms, Commissioner Schultz challenged them by calculating in his head.

Wait a minute. Three hundred tons a month is not enough.

"The population of the United States should have decreased, so I think 300 tons would be enough."

“It's just power for the home. Please add an additional 200 tons for industrial use."

If you don't add the iron ore deposit, you won't be able to make a profit.

Commissioner Schultz agreed on that. The president seems to have delegated full powers to me.

“By the way, why don't you let the rest of the world know about the existence of the Red Thunderstone?”

“If you don't know well, some countries are going to try to do dangerous things. So I'm not trying to be proactive.”

"I see, I see." Let's keep it a secret in my country. "

When the treaty was signed, Director Schultz hurried home with a sample and blueprint of 500 tons of red thunderstone and a red thunderstone generator.

Returning to the New White House, Commissioner Schultz reported to the President.

Five hundred tons of Crimson Thunderstone... maybe I could have increased it a little bit?

"Then we will replace most of the power with red thunderstone." For security reasons, I don't like it. "

The president leaks his sigh.

"But even with hydroelectric power, it takes time to develop."

“I heard that the development is going well?”

"There is a gradual delay. Construction materials brought in from the United States have been depleted.”

The United States was struggling to develop a food area.